A divided US appeals court has ruled Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state.

three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Justice Department's request to put on hold a judge's order that had blocked the deployment while a legal challenge to Trump's action plays out.

The court said sending in the National Guard was an appropriate response to protesters, who had damaged a federal building and threatened US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The opinion was written by Circuit Judge Bridget Bade, who was appointed by Trump in his first term.

Bade was joined by Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson, also a Trump appointee, who wrote a concurring opinion saying that courts have no abilit

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